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Priyanka Chaturvedi joins Shiv Sena hours after quitting Congress 

Priyanka Chaturvedi joins Shiv Sena hours after quitting Congress 

Priyanka Chaturvedi and Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray

Hours after quitting Congress party as its national spokesperson, Priyanka Chaturvedi on Friday joined Shiv Sena in the presence of party chief Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree in Mumbai.

She quit the Congress party after nearly a decade.

Chaturvedi's resignation from Congress came minutes after she removed her designation as the party's official spokesperson from her official Twitter handle.

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After joining Shiv Sena she said had taken the decision after a lot of thought.

''I know I will be held accountable for my past statements and my views but I would like to say that I have taken the decision of joining Shiv Sena taken after a lot of thought,'' she added.

Chaturvedi had joined the Congress in 2010 and was made the party's spokesperson in 2013.

She quit the party's official WhatsApp media group on Friday morning. Sources said that she was upset for not being nominated from Mumbai for the Lok Sabha elections.

Earlier this week, Chaturvedi had lashed out at Congress in public for reinstating party workers who were accused of misbehaving with her in September, 2018.

In a tweet on Wednesday, she accused the Congress of giving preference to "lumpen goons" over those who had given their "sweat and blood" to the party.